My 2016 End Of Year Reflections
Three things you cannot recover in life the WORD after it´s said, the MOMENT after it´s missed and the TIME after it´s gone. Today is the last day of 2016. Its time to bid adieu gracefully to the year…
THE TINA EDIT
Stories • Culture • Voice
THE TINA EDIT
Stories • Culture • Voice
Writing
Desi Movie Reviews Of 2016
The year of 2016 was a year of comebacks for me. Comeback to India after a six year stay in the USA, comeback to family and old friends and to Bollywood movies in particular. Yes! There´s somehow no escaping the…
A True Blue Feminist In The Deep, Dark, Patriarchal Woods Of Indian Politics!
India is fortunate to have borne testimony to some of the finest women politicians in the world. Recently, according to US based Pew Research Centre, India tops the list of countries, beating countries like US which stands at 33, when…
A Beauty Advice I Would Give To My Younger Self
One of my earlier posts when I started this blog was titled ‘Angles or Curves’. I was in my early twenties then and clearly pondering about this whole notion of beauty. An advice I would give my twenty year old…
Auto Rickshaw Tales – Horn! OK Please!
“Aaja meri gaadi main baith ja Aaja meri gaadi main baith ja Long drive jaayenge full speed jayenge Kahi rukhenge na hum gaana bajaana khaana peena gaadi main hoga sanam…pom pom Aaja meri gaadi main baith ja Aaja meri gaadi…
Chalachitra Visheshangal
I have to thank a really sweet girlfriend of mine who shared the link of the Malayalam movie, “Bangalore Days”. Yes, the very same one who actually recommended me to watch it in the first place. And ever since I’ve…
I Believe In Fairy Tales And Happily Ever Afters!
Oh! What joy to rekindle all that fairy tale extravaganza and romance this afternoon with Hubby Dearest and Daughter Loveliest! After a long dry spell of great kid’s movies, Disney’s ‘Cinderella’ comes as a whiff of fresh air.…
The Mirror
As I write about an issue that I feel very strongly about, I feel a surging rush of hopelessness, disappointment and frustration with the current standing of ‘India’s Daughter’ in the mainstream Indian society. India is a land of immense…
A Mouthful Of Vietnam
‘And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.’ – Paul Coelho For me, this quote always seemed way too far-fetched, unimaginable and almost too corny to be true. Until, something intriguing happened to me…
Movie Talk
More quick reviews of the recent movie flicks I saw in the very recent past Dumb and Dumber To (2014): The ‘King of Comedy’ is BACK. Jim Carrey is at his usual comedic best as always. Effortlessly goofy, Carrey along…
Long Live The Pen
Hallelujah! My blog has finally risen from the dead! All thanks to the constant reminders of few loved ones coupled with an inward surge to write again. Sure, a lot has changed since I penned last. Some of my past…
Lights, Camera, Action
Few fleeting movie reviews of mine. Fleeting coz’ one, I don’t want to play spoiler sport with you spilling way too many beans. And two coz’ these are MY opinions which are highly subjective. So, am keeping it pretty much…
Guns And Roses
‘Somewhere out there,I know there is a someone who is waiting just for me, Maahiyaaaaaaaaaaa He is gonaa set me free maahiyaaaaaaaaaa’ Jiski aankhon mein meri hi nami ho Koyi toh hai woh yaar maahiyaaaaaaaa Karoon main intezaar maahiyaaaaa’ There…
Reader Raves
This blog is dedicated to all the readers who made my blogs reach 2000 hits. It is encouraging and motivating for an amateur writer like me to learn that my blogs are being read, appreciated and even criticized. I had…
Papa Please Preach
In Shakespearean’s words, ‘Some Cupid kills with arrows and some with traps’ Cupids or No Cupids, we are nonetheless encountered with several such traps in our daily lives – Be it professional or personal. Does the Gandhian principle of Honesty…
Fly Away
ATTENTION PLEASE! Here’s my list of drool places that I must visit in this lifetime: 1. Rajasthan – Raw and rustic charm. For its colorful people, exotic palaces,desert and ‘The Palace on Wheels’. And,I would love to twirl a Rajput’s…